Omar Lamrani

Senior Military Analyst

Biography

Omar Lamrani focuses on air power, naval strategy, technology, logistics and military doctrine for a number of regions, including the Middle East and Asia. He studied international relations at Clark University and holds a master's degree from the Diplomatic Academy of Vienna, where his thesis centered on Chinese military doctrine and the balance of power in the Western Pacific.

Mr. Lamrani previously worked as an intern with the U.N. Office on Drugs and Crime, where he was assigned to the Afghanistan desk. He was raised in Morocco and is a native speaker of Arabic and French. He has lived and worked in Europe, the United States and Thailand.

Stratfor Deputy Editor Lynn Wise talks about the recent Islamic State attack on the Deir el-Zour air base in Syria. Though the Islamic State has lost much of its territorial control in Syria, it was able to successfully infiltrate the base and inflict considerable damage.

In a progressively multilateral world, the growing threat of weapons proliferation is a constant specter. Given the rapidly shifting landscape, the focus of arms control efforts will increasingly turn toward efforts at containing the spread of technology and weapons rather than the more difficult task of negotiating great-power deployment and use.

Turkey is no stranger to tumultuous times. As the Republic of Turkey and as the Ottoman Empire before that, the country has weathered foreign invasion, military coups and civil strife. Today, Turkey has found itself once again in a trying time.

Space is becoming more congested, contested and competitive. As technology advances and more countries jostle for advantage, the risk of orbital battles -- a global threat -- grows. The United States is pushing to bolster its capabilities and is preparing for a potential conflict.

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